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The Palace of Eros

Caro De Robertis

Young, headstrong Psyche has captured the eye of every suitor with her beauty – but also, unfortunately, the jealous gaze of the goddess Aphrodite. As punishment, Psyche is tied to a rock to be sacrificed to a ‘monstrous husband’. And yet, no monster arrives: instead, she is spirited away by Aphrodite’s daughter Eros. Eros, goddess of desire, can change gender at will. And in her hidden palace, she visits her bride under the cloak of darkness: Psyche is forbidden to gaze upon the face of her lover. But as they explore each other’s bodies and discover new pleasures, Psyche is tempted to break her vow… even if it brings down the wrath of the gods. A gloriously anarchic and seductive retelling of the myth of Psyche and Eros, groundbreaking, gender-fluid and hugely enjoyable, this is a masterpiece from Caro De Robertis, a writer described by Madeline Miller as ‘brilliant and luminous’.

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Kaikeyi

Vaishnavi Patel

“I was born on the full moon under an auspicious constellation, the holiest of positions—much good it did me.” So begins Kaikeyi’s story. The only daughter of the kingdom of Kekaya, she is raised on tales about the might and benevolence of the gods: how they churned the vast ocean to obtain the nectar of immortality, how they vanquish evil and ensure the land of Bharat prospers, and how they offer powerful boons to the worthy. Yet she watches as her father unceremoniously banishes her mother, listens as her own worth is reduced to the marriage alliance she can secure. And when she calls upon the gods for help, they never seem to hear. Desperate for independence, she turns to the texts she once read with her mother and discovers a magic that is hers alone. With it, Kaikeyi transforms herself from an overlooked princess into a warrior, diplomat, and most favored queen. But as the evil from her childhood stories threatens the cosmic order, the path she has forged clashes with the destiny the gods have chosen for her family. And Kaikeyi must decide if resistance is worth the destruction it will wreak—and what legacy she intends to leave behind. The unforgettable tale of a woman determined to leave her mark in a world gods and men dictate the shape of things to come. "Patel's mesmerizing debut shines a brilliant light on the vilified queen from the Ramayana" (Publishers Weekly, starred review).

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The Decagon House Murders (House Murders, #1)

Yukito Ayatsuji

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smallbaggirl

what do you do while you listen to audiobooks?

i’m so curious what everyone does while they listen to audiobooks! i usually crochet while listening, but i’d love to know what everyone else does :) do you just listen with your eyes closed or gazing at the wall? (does anyone do that?)

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Reign & Ruin (Mages of the Wheel, #1)

J.D. Evans

“All magic is beautiful,” she said, “and terrible. Do you not see the beauty in yours, or the terror in mine? You can stop a heart, and I can stop your breath.” She is heir to a Sultanate that once ruled the world. He is an unwanted prince with the power to destroy. She is order and intellect, a woman fit to rule in a man's place. He is chaos and violence and will stop at nothing to protect his people. His magic answers hers with shadow for light. They need each other, but the cost of balance may be too high a price. Magic is dying and the only way to save it is to enlist mages who wield the forbidden power of death, mages cast out centuries ago in a brutal and bloody war. Now, a new war is coming. Science and machines to replace magic and old religion. They must find a way to save their people from annihilation and balance the sacred Wheel—but first, they will have to balance their own forbidden passion. His peace for her tempest, his restlessness for her calm… Night and day, dusk and dawn, the end, and the beginning.

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snowseau

Mar 27, 2026

3.0

Enjoyment: 3.0Quality: 3.0Characters: 3.0Plot: 3.0

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I thought this would be more of a thriller, but at times, it seemed more literary than anything. Korede spends a lot of time pondering Ayoola's actions and resenting her for them, but never confronts her or does anything about it. She claims to do it to protect and take care of Ayoola because it's her role as the older sister, but their own mother (who is still actively in both their lives) does no mothering whatsoever. They both let Ayoola do whatever she wants (the mother blindly, and Korede fully knowing) even though she acts like a child and can't do anything to take care of herself other than kill people who may or may not have tried to hurt her. It's a good reflection on this type of relationship, but there's no resolution or any kind of real conflict other than the police investigation.

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My Sister, the Serial Killer

Oyinkan Braithwaite

When Korede's dinner is interrupted one night by a distress call from her sister, Ayoola, she knows what's expected of her: bleach, rubber gloves, nerves of steel and a strong stomach. This'll be the third boyfriend Ayoola's dispatched in, quote, self-defence and the third mess that her lethal little sibling has left Korede to clear away. She should probably go to the police for the good of the menfolk of Nigeria, but she loves her sister and, as they say, family always comes first. Until, that is, Ayoola starts dating the doctor where Korede works as a nurse. Korede's long been in love with him, and isn't prepared to see him wind up with a knife in his back: but to save one would mean sacrificing the other... My Sister, the Serial Killer is a blackly comic novel about how blood is thicker - and more difficult to get out of the carpet - than water...

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Anti-recommendations

I've gotten a lot of great recommendations on this app but now I want to hear everyone's anti-recommendations. What are books you've read that I definitely should not read? Why are they so terrible? Let me hear all about your most hated books.

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Oyinkan Braithwaite

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That One Book 😩😅 (yes only one)

What is that one book that every time you see it on your feed or in the wild that you say “I’ve been meaning to read that. I’m going to read that”

Mine is: Circe by Madeline Miller

I want to read it. I talk about reading it. I loved her other book I read (Achilles). I think I even had it in my home but did I read it yet? No. 😩

I’m going to read that book… someday.

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Your current reading challenges

I was checking how I'm doing for my yearly challenges and I got curious: what reading challenges are you all working on right now?

My main challenges this year are: 1.Reading as many books as possible from my "purchased" TBR (this includes both physical books and ebooks). I'm currently at 1/6 for my purchased ebooks and 3/18 for my physical TBR. With 9 months left in the year, at my minimum of 1 book per month pace I'll get to 13/24, and if I do 2 per month that'll get me to 22/24 which would be great! 2.Reading at least 50% of books in my mother tongue (I'm counting both books in Spanish and Catalan for this). I'm curently at 60% of books I've read being in English, so this one is not going as well 😅 3. Getting to Gold in the Queer Horror quest This is a more recent addition after joining PB a couple of months ago, but I am already one book away from silver so I think it's definitely doable!

"Soft" challenges include getting most of my books from the library and reading more books than audiobooks. I consider these "soft" challenges because I've been hitting them for a few years in a row so I don't need to put much effort into accomplishing them.

What about everyone else, what challenges are you currently working on? I may steal some of your ideas for next year! 🤭

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Fairy Tale Retellings

Bronze: Finished 5 Main Quest books.

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snowseau

Mar 26, 2026

2.5

Enjoyment: 2.5Quality: 3.5Characters: 2.5Plot: 2.5

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This collection started off great worth The White Cat's Divorce and Prince Hat Underground, but everything else was kind of a flop. I had to restart The White Road four times because I kept falling asleep, and some of the stories felt pointless and meandered a lot. I did enjoy The Lady and the Fox, but definitely not as much as the first two. I don't know if this is just a me issue, but there was very little connecting these stories to the sources, so all my motivation to continue kind of evaporated.

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White Cat, Black Dog: Stories

Kelly Link

Seven ingeniously reinvented fairy tales that play out with astonishing consequences in the modern world Finding seeds of inspiration in the Brothers Grimm, seventeenth-century French lore, and Scottish ballads, Kelly Link spins classic fairy tales into utterly original stories of seekers--characters on the hunt for love, connection, revenge, or their own sense of purpose. In "The White Cat's Divorce," an aging billionaire sends his three sons on a series of absurd goose chases to decide which will become his heir. In "The Girl Who Did Not Know Fear," a professor with a delicate health condition becomes stranded for days in an airport hotel after a conference, desperate to get home to her wife and young daughter, and in acute danger of being late for an appointment that cannot be missed. In "Skinder's Veil," a young man agrees to take over a remote house-sitting gig for a friend. But what should be a chance to focus on his long-avoided dissertation instead becomes a wildly unexpected journey, as the house seems to be a portal for otherworldly travelers--or perhaps a door into his own mysterious psyche. Twisting and winding in astonishing ways, expertly blending realism and the speculative, witty, empathetic, and never predictable--these stories remind us once again of why Kelly Link is incomparable in the art of short fiction.

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